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HomeFinancial CodeDiv. 2Ch. 6Art. 2.5§ 7269 Public Revenue Securities Eligibility

§ 7269 Public Revenue Securities Eligibility

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§ 7269 Public Revenue Securities Eligibility

Key Takeaways

  • •This law is about investing in special bonds issued by states, cities, or other government groups. These bonds are paid back using money made from things like toll roads, bridges, or public buildings.
  • •Before investing, the government must prove they have enough money from the project to pay back the bonds. For the last 5 years, they must have made at least 1.1 times the amount needed to cover the bond payments each year.
  • •The project must have made at least $1 million in California or $5 million elsewhere in the last year before investing.
  • •The government must promise to keep charging enough money (like tolls or fees) to cover the bond payments, and this promise must be legally binding.

Example

A city in California wants to build a new toll bridge. They plan to sell bonds to pay for it and use the toll money to pay back the bonds.

The city must show that for the last 5 years, the toll money they collected was at least 1.1 times the amount needed to pay back the bonds each year. They also need to prove the bridge made at least $1 million last year. Plus, they have to promise to keep toll prices high enough to cover the bond payments in the future.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 7269 Public Revenue Securities Eligibility

In revenue securities of any state of the United States, or of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and of any city, county, city and county, political subdivision, public corporation, or district (herein referred to generally as public corporations) of any such state or commonwealth and of any department, board, agency, or authority of any such state or commonwealth or of any public corporation subject to the following: (a) The revenue securities constitute obligations payable out of the revenues from a revenue-producing property owned, controlled, or operated by the state, commonwealth, public corporation, or by a department, board, agency, or authority thereof and are secured by those revenues. (b) Either: (1) The new income from the property available for the payment of the securities for the five fiscal years next preceding any such investment, shall have averaged at least one and one-tenth times all debt service requirement for principal, interest, and sinking fund of all revenue securities payable only out of the revenues from the property during each of those fiscal years, and for each of those five fiscal years shall have equaled at least all debt service requirements for principal, interest, and sinking fund of those securities, and for the last fiscal year shall have amounted to at least the maximum annual debt service requirement for any fiscal year thereafter on all such securities which were outstanding during the last fiscal year and which will be outstanding in any fiscal year thereafter. The gross income from the property, the net income from which is pledged for the payment of those securities, in the last fiscal year prior to that investment was not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000), is located in California, and was not less than five million dollars ($5,000,000) if located elsewhere. The issuer is obligated to maintain rates at least sufficient to meet debt service requirements and those obligations are legally enforceable. (2) The issuer of the securities is entitled to receive under a legally enforceable contract with a corporation any of the securities of which are a legal investment for commercial banks under Division 1, annual payments averaging not less than nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000) a year commencing with the completion of a project or projects as fixed in the construction contract therefore and continuing during the maximum term for which those revenue securities are to mature. The issuer of the securities is obligated to maintain rates to produce revenue, or will receive contract payments, either or both of which will be sufficient to meet debt service requirements and that obligation contract is legally enforceable. (c) The public corporation or any department, board, agency, or authority thereof which issues the securities, if existing elsewhere than in California, has not within 10 years prior to that investment defaulted for a period of more than 90 days in the payment of principal or interest on any of its debts. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 718, Sec. 14.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

corporationrevenue securities,propertynetobligationroadauthorityinvestment

Related Statutes

  • § 814 Public Revenue Securities Eligibility
  • § 7264 Foreign Government Bond Exemptions
  • § 7263 Public Corporation Bond Limits
  • § 7272 Corporate Debt Investment Rules
  • § 7273 Railroad Bond Investment Requirements

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Financial Code. Section 7269.
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